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Crypto Market’s Nearly 6% Slide Costs Bulls $1 Billion in a Day

Crypto traders lost $1.23 billion to forced liquidations over the past 24 hours, nearly double the previous day’s total. Bets on higher prices accounted for $1.02 billion of it as the crypto market cap fell 5.75% to $2.33 trillion. Long positions made up 82.7% of the crypto liquidations, Coinglass data shows. Bitcoin (BTC) slipped below The post Crypto Market’s Nearly 6% Slide Costs Bulls $1 Billion in a Day appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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US flight outage: FAA lifts nationwide ground stop; Trump officials suggest new tech overwhelmed old equipment – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Follow our latest coverage here. US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop affecting all air travel Chaos at US airports as flight stoppage grinds travel plans to a halt Sign up for the Breaking News US email In other tech-related news, the Microsoft outage is still going. The longest in the company’s history. My colleagues are covering the latest and how it’s affecting millions and pretty much every industry … As I noted earlier, the calls for Howard Lutnick to appear before lawmakers on Capitol Hill have been answered. Continue reading...

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Flights slowly resume after US aviation agency lifts nationwide ground stop

Transportation secretary Sean Duffy says the airspace is now open and the problem has been identified Chaos at US airports as stoppage grinds travel plans to a halt What to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA Flights in the US have slowly started resuming after being grounded for several hours on Friday due to a major communications outage, but authorities have warned that a return to normal operations will take time. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted a nationwide ground stop about four hours after it was declared on Friday afternoon, delaying or canceli

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What to know about the rare nationwide ground stop issued by the FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for all planes due to take off in the US, delaying and canceling thousands of flights The US Federal ⁠Aviation Administration said in a statement that the nationwide halt to departures and delays to landings at all US airports that began at about 4pm ET on Friday was caused by “a temporary telecommunications outage”. “Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis,” the FAA added. Continue reading...

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Rip out ugly clutter to help revive UK high streets, says thinktank

Exclusive: Report says restricting cars and freeing up pavement space could be a cheap way to bring shoppers back The long decline of the high street is a problem that has gripped British governments for years. But what if there was a solution no one had considered before – doing it all on the cheap? Spending less money is, admittedly, just one element of a report led by the urban thinktank Create Streets. But it does argue that rather than multimillion-pound revamps, a better answer could be smaller changes aimed at making town and city centres more appealing. Continue reading...

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Meta Reportedly Testing Out Prediction Market App ‘Takes’ Ahead of Potential Rollout

Tech giant Meta is moving ahead with its proposed prediction market app, which employees are reportedly testing. As part of the testing process, employees are using ‘Cred’ to bet on events instead of wagering real money. Ad Ad Meta Employees Test Out Prediction Market App According to a WSJ report, the company’s employees have begun The post Meta Reportedly Testing Out Prediction Market App ‘Takes’ Ahead of Potential Rollout appeared first on CoinGape.

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How Microsoft outage has affected key public services in the UK

Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents have had to find a workaround for Microsoft packages Hospitals, GPs, police forces and property agents across the UK have been hit by the global Microsoft outage. Here’s how the disruption to email and other IT facilities has affected key services. Continue reading...

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Trump bought Nvidia stock as he helped chipmaker with change to export rule

President purchased up to $5m of stock before revoking Biden-era rule that limited Nvidia’s ability to sell to China Donald Trump bought Nvidia stock worth millions of dollars as he made decisions on America’s China policy that would benefit the chipmaker, an analysis has found. In May 2025, Trump’s administration rescinded a Biden-era rule designed to prevent the most advanced US-made AI chips from being exported to China. Continue reading...

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